michelle obama was among the mourners attending the funeral for hadiya pendleton. her death further fueling the gun control debate. >>> steven seagal is helping to train members of joe arpaio's posse in the hopes of preventing future school shootings. kids actually took part. >>>people in the streets of rio janeiro. one of the biggest parties in brazil. lots of costumes, dancing, just your typical day at carnival. time now for the weather and over to ginger zee in boston. ginger. >> good morning to you, ron. let's get a check of that big storm out in the west and on the northern side you have the blizzard warnings. on the southern side the severe weather potential from east texas all the way through alabama, louisiana, arkansas and have a shot of really heavy rain up to 5 inches possible in some places and there are already flood watches and warnings for eight states. i'll leave you with a look across the nation going from the whole coast, the woes coast behind. los angeles on the cold side west to east and then the big picture. let's now get a check a little close